Browsing: Conservation

Construction of controversial Amazon basin dam facilitiesMario Tama/Getty Images The amount of land and water with formally protected biodiversity has increased by less than 0.5 percent…

Countries meet in Colombia to plan to halt biodiversity loss and pay for it

The African giant rat has been found to be adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species, including rhino horn and elephant ivory.

Iceland’s lava caves are just a small part of the vast underground habitats on Earth.Tommy Oh Photography/Getty Images Stefano Mammola was standing in a mossy forest…

Invasive species like Sitka spruce and lodgepole pine were often favored for their qualities as timber crops. Trees were planted together in “coupes,” several acres in…

Invasive species like Sitka spruce and lodgepole pine were often favored for their qualities as timber crops. Trees were planted together in “coupes,” several acres in…

When a humpback whale arrived off the coast of Mexico last year, the scientific community was astounded, and for good reason: The whale, named Frodo, had…

This is the first documented collision between a boat and a basking shark, meaning that the researchers were either lucky to capture the footage or that…